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Resume a paused or needs_human goalkeeper goal. Use when the user invokes /goal-resume after they've manually unblocked the goal (e.g. fixed a problem the judge flagged).

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goalkeeper
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Claude Code

$ npx -y skills add bonfire-systems/goalkeeper --skill goal-resume --agent claude-code

SKILL.md

goal-resume.SKILL.md
name: goal-resume
description: Resume a paused or needs_human goalkeeper goal. Use when the user invokes /goal-resume after they've manually unblocked the goal (e.g. fixed a problem the judge flagged).

You are operating the **goal-resume** skill. The gk CLI is `python3 "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/gk.py"`, abbreviated `gk`.

Flow

1. Run `gk status`. It shows the active goal (if any) and the **Parked** queue — parked goals hold no slot, so "no active goal" does not mean "nothing to resume." If the user named a goal, target it; otherwise the active goal, or the single parked goal if that is unambiguous. Nothing to resume → tell the user and stop. 2. Branch on the target's status:

  • `active` — already running; `gk resume` will say so. No-op.
  • `done` — goals don't reopen; suggest `/goal-clear` to archive, then a new contract.
  • `paused` — run `gk resume --keep-count`.
  • `needs_human`, rejection count 0 (parked on a human-gated blocker) — confirm the recorded `needs` is actually provided, then `gk resume <slug>`.
  • `needs_human`, rejections > 0 (judge rejected too many times) — **Ask the user via AskUserQuestion** whether to:
  • **Reset rejection counter and continue (Recommended)** — user confirms they fixed the flagged issues → `gk resume <slug> --reset-rejections`.
  • **Continue without reset** — one more rejection re-parks it → `gk resume <slug> --keep-count`.
  • **Abandon** — route to `/goal-clear`.

gk refuses a bare `resume` in that case precisely so this question cannot be skipped. 3. gk restores the slot and, if the goal heads a `waiting` chain, re-arms the chain. If another goal holds the slot, gk refuses — finish, park, or clear that one first (one loop at a time). 4. On success, **re-enter the goal skill execution loop immediately.** Do not just schedule a wakeup — do real work in this turn. If the goal is a chain link (see `gk status`), re-spawn the executor subagent per `goal-chain/SKILL.md` instead.

Hard rules

  • Never silently reset the rejection counter — the AskUserQuestion step is mandatory for needs_human (and gk enforces the explicit flag).
  • Never resume a `done` goal.
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Durable contract-driven goal execution for Claude Code. A subagent judge gates completion against an explicit Definition of Done.

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Which coding agents can use goal-resume?
goal-resume installs in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode and Windsurf with the skills CLI, using each agent's flag shown on this page. Flowy's auto-invocation, which fires a skill when your prompt matches, runs in Claude Code only.